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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
SEASONS AND CRIMES.
Autumn tho Most UnfnvOrable limo for
Public Morality.

Autumn tho Most Unfavorable limo for
Public Morality.
A statistical publication recently is-
sued by the German Government deals
with the time of year ut which crimes
are committed. The year taken is
1888. and of the 800. 76O crimes Of all
kinds committed then. it is possible to
fix the mouth of their occurrence in
81. 404 cases. Dividing the year into
four seasons-winter. comprising De-
ccmbcr. January and February; spring.
comprising Narch. April and May;
summer. June, July and August;
and autumn. September. October and
Novembcr-it is found that 80.O73
crimes fall to winter. Is. 100 to spring.
81. 262 10 summer. and 49, 27O TO
autumn. Thus spring is the most IA
vOrable season for public morality. and
autumn the most unfavorable. As to
the character of the crimes committed.
it j., found that in 1888 the offenses
against State. religion and public
order numbered SO daily in winter. 80
in spring, 1O3 in summer and LOG in
autumn. Here summer far exceeded
winter, rs it did also with crimes in
which violence and threats against
officials ETC., were connected. the
number for winter being 50 daily. and
for summer 1O7. OF crimes against
the person 80 fell to winter
daily, 80 to spring. 1O2 to
summer. and los to autumn; of
crimes against morality 60 fell to win
ter and 146 to summer; of Offemses TAX
ing the character of SANDER 60 fell to
winter and 119 to summer; and Of as
saults 15S fell to winter and 243 to
summer 1t would. therefore. appear
that temperature has great deal to do
with inclination to crime. The daily
number of petty rObberies was 81 in
summer and 122 in winter; Of serious
robberies 90 in summer and lis in win
ter; while the cases of receiving stolen
goods number n daily in summer and
1872 in win ter. The relation borne by
Offcnses against property was as fol-
lows: Summer 101 daily. autumn 1O2.
winter 96.-N y Post.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
Boodlers in China.

Atypical Chinese cause celebre has
arisen in Szechuen in connection with
the death OF the late distinguished
General Pao Ch'ao. whose patriotism
did not, apparently. prevent his pecu-
lating 100. 600 taeis of the pay dcstine
for the troops in Anam. PaO CHI aO's
cousin wished to borrow 5000 taels
from PaO Chaos son. and, being un-
successful. sent to Pekin forged
''dying declaration" from Pao CHI aO,
saying: Before die 1 must infoim
your majesties that my secretary, Ho,
and others are pilfering 190,OC taels
of public money" To defend himself
against this charge Ho produced the
books. showing that PaO Ch'ao had
peculated himself. and that Ho had
only obeyed instructions. The sons.
being called upon to disgorge. got y
warrant to search the cousins house.
and found . number of counterfeit
seals. The servants of the son were
where the money was hidden. Pao
Chaos wife died of grief; his eldest
son is in prison; his second son has
fed, and the second sons wife has
taken refuge with her family. The
cousin is liable to suffer the death pen
atty for counterfeiting memorial with
'alsc seals. and all that now remains
of once opulent and illustrious family
are the two collins containing Pan
Ch'ao and his wife. lying unburied in
IN empty and contiscated house.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29

though the plant continued il seem.
ingly healthy condition for about a
month afterward. Two leaves which
were nearest the edge of the table.
and consequently oftenest touched by
the children's Fl ayers. were completely
immobile for ten days after the show.
The vapor of chloroform. prussic
acid. ether and nicotine irritates the
leaves, ana in some cases DESTROYS
their mobility. A little chloroform
dropped on the base of leafstaik
causes it to droop; and the leaflets.
beginning at the apex. and proceeding
to the base Of the leaf. close in success
sion. A plant. the leaves Of which
were heavily chloroformed several
times. withered and died in few
days. The suns rays concentrated in
lens and thrown ON a leaf cause it to
contract quickly.
The cause of the peculiar cxcitab:lity
OF sensitive plants. and the center If
its action. are still undetermined.
Various theories have been adj
duced to explain them. Dr..
Dutrochet's theory is most favored
by botanists of the present day.
His explanation is. that ''ihe prin Gle
pal point of mobility exists in the lit
tie swellings situated 1T the basis Of
the common and partial leaf stalks.
This swelling. or intumescence. is
formed of delicate cellular tissue"
He says that 1.-The agency producing
the mobility is in the ligneous part of
the central system of this intumes-
cence. and in certain tubes supplied
with nervous corpuscles serving for
the transmission of the sap"
d.. BalfOur SAYS: I'm the SWELL
ings at the bases of the leaf stalk the
vascular bundles are disposed in Il
circle near the periphery, and may be
concerned in the leaf movements.
Mechanical and chemical stimuli are
supposed to act bv inducing altera-
tons in the contents of the vessels and
cells"
These theories arc unsatisfactory. and
there is still much room for further
investigation into the orr gin of the
peculiar phenomena seen in the
Mimosa. The manner in which it
closes its stalks and leaves ut the APP
proach of darkness is very interest
ing. AS the cleaning gently falls
round the plant. the leaflets move up
wards towards each other till they
touch; the secondary leaf-stalks con-
verge and slowly droop till they are
nearly parallel to the main lcaf-stalks.
which. in their turn. fall till they
point to the ground. Thus gently and
silently it folds itself to sleep at the
close of day, and rests till the light of
morn awakes it to Re n wed grace and
beauty. Chambers journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
Sweden's insane Queen.

Apropos Of tho Queen of Sweden's
health. regret to have to state that it
is far from satisfactory; that. IN fact.
it is at present a subject of the greatest
anxiety. fear it can not he much
longer concealed tbs: her Majesty's
mind is slightly Affected result one
might almost have anticipated from
the nature of the operation she has
undergone. Her Majesty is now sub
jected to a ''c.re" of complete isola.
t on at the lonely Castle of Ulriksdal.
with view 20 bringing more rest to
her mind She is not allowed 20 re.
ceive any visitors. not even her hus-
band and children. The only person
with whom her Majesty is permitted
to have the least intercourse is her
faithful lady-in-wating and friend.
Mile. Martha Eketra. Through her
a;one her Majesty receives her food
and news from the outside world.
The physicians in attendance on her
Majesty have decided that she shall re-
main thus isolated for two months.
unless her general health should
undergo decided improvement with
in a shorter period. Her Majesty's
condition occasions extreme sorrow in
all Scandinavian society. Family Fair.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29

mind. We may. indeed. be provincial
for we love woman too well to wish t.
make a man of her..
The editor of the COnrier-your'sal
has shifted his ground. In his former
editorial, he claimed that to educate
woman was generally to make her
a person of intidel opinions and prof.
ligate life. Now he intimates that to
educate her is ito make man OF her. y
Does this imply that manliness is
synonymous with 'intidelity and dirt?'
Every woman who has husband. or 8
father. or brother. or boy cousin.
will be indignant at such an unfair as
persion on the masculine sex
Opponents of equal rights for women
are fond of declaring with Tennyson
that
Woman is not undeveloped man,
But diverse"
Yet they always assume that if women
are left free to develop in their own
way. as men are. they will straight
way develop into men-and rather
poor kind of man at that. The con-
trary view is well stated by ''Josiah
Aliens wife" in a passage which was
written about voting. but which ap-
plies equally well to educatiOn:
ut is jest as ridiculous to sag it
would make a woman act coarse and
rampage round. to vote, as to say that
kissin' pretty baby makes a man q
hen-huZzy. You may want a
green shade onto the front side of your
house, and to that end and effect you
may plant acorn, and set out rose
bush; but all the Legislators in creation
can't make that acorn-tree blow out
with red posies. no more can they
make that rose-bush stand up straight
as giant. And their bein' planted
By the side of each other. on the same
ground and watered out of the same
waterin' jug. don't alter their material
turn. They wiH both help shade the
winder, but do it in their own way.
which is different. And men and
wimmen votin' side by side would no
more alter their natural dispositions
than singin' one of Watts hymns to-
gether would. One will sing bass and
the other air, SO long as the world
stands. y Romans Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

REV. ANNIE H. SHAW has given
fifty-three lectures in Iowa during the
past year. besides many in other States
MIST ELLERs. NJ. d.. who is physi-
clan to the Queen of Corca at salary
of $1S. 900 a year, has married Rev. d.
A. Bunker.
Mrs. DIR. A. ID. KING. of Des Moines.
has recently been appointed resident
physician for the State Industrial
School for Girls ut Mitchelville.
Miss ALICE PINE has just been
elected by the New York Board OF
Education rs school trustee in ward Is.
She is the first woman chosen to such
a position in that city.
Mrs. E. L. SAXON is speaking to
large audiences in Kansas. She had
crowded meetings both at Lindsborg
and Marquette. She expects to give
her time next year to Kansas and Ne
braska.
MRS. LOGAN says that General Lo-
gan's books are selling very well.
About $4,000 copies of 1.-The Grea,
Conspiracy" were sold up to Septem.
Der last, and the sale continues stead.
lily. Mrs. Logan now gets forty cent:
upon each copy sold.
Miss SUSAN TRAvERs has for three
years supported kitchen-garden in
connection with the Fourteenth Ward
school in Crosby street. New York,
where little children. principally Ital
ians, are taught to set. table, wash
dishes and to be neat little house.
keepers. in time to pianoforte music
by Miss Travers.
/ Mrs. GENERAL DEvEREUx. for ter
years valued member of the Cincin.
natl Commercial Gazette staff, has beer
made an honorary commissioner of the
Centennial Exposition to be held in
Cincinnati next year. Miss Christine
Sullivan. the artist, and Miss LOUIS
Mclaughlin. artist and author. arr
the other ladies named upon this com
mission.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
Buy Supplies in Bulk.

Any person engaged in the keeping
OF poultry on any thing like a large
scale will find it much more profitable
to lay in provision necessary for their
consumption in larger quantities than
is the common practice, on account of
the reduced prices at which it can la
obtained. Grain by the half-ton or
ton. oyster shell and beef scraps by tina
barrel crude petroleum used as u pre-
ventive OF lice on roOsts. and in rests
and in chicken coops by the barrel.
tar from the gas works for repsir;n-
leaky roofs by the barrel. and lime for
whitewashing in the same manner.
These will all keep perfectly well, uu-
less it be the lime, and will be found
to save not only money. but much val.
liable time in going for them. if shev
are all at hand when wanted.-Far1a
and Home.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
SCIENTIFIC HyPNoTlsm.
Strange Actions Of . Woman Put Cndo
DIR. lay Influsnco.

Strange Actions OF . Woman Put Cndor
DIR. lay Innusncs.
The amphitheater of the Charlie
Hospital in Paris was crowded with
persons who had been invited to wit
ness the experiments of hypnotism
made by Dr.. Luys. member of the
Academy of Medicine and doctor at
the Salpetriere. Before introducing
Mile. Esther. his subject, the doctor
showed his auditors photographs illus
trating the effects produced on her in
his laboratory. Mile. Esther was then
brought forward.
By the means of magnetic passes. the
doctor throws her from q state OF
lethargy into q cataleptic condition.
and then into a state of lucid SOM
nambulism. DIR. Luys placed tube
containing hashish on her neck. and
she seemed instantly to feel the effect
of the narcotic preparation. She
assumed natural air. aad soon wen,
straight toward DR.. Reclus. who was
present, and proposed to perform the
"Mascotte" with him. The doctor
was rather annoyed by the preference
shown him by Mile. Esther. so Dr.
Luys diverted her attention from him
to DR.. SECOND. who consented to play
the part of Pippo, while Mile. Esther
took that of the Mascotte. He sat
down beside her. whereupon she
promptly kissed him. '.Now sing"
said DR.. Luys. holding the tube to her
neck, and she began at once. stopping
short when the tube was withdrawn.
DR.. Luys then begged DR.. Keclus to
place himself behind the young
woman. and to put the tube on her
neck and then gradually take it away.
Mile. Esther began again to sing; but
in proportion rs the tube was taken
further and further from her. her voice
became fainter and fainter till it died
away entirely. She then fell. in a
cataleptic condition. into the arms Of
the hospital assistants who were be.
hind her.
Dr. Luys made other experiments
upon Mile. Esther BY looking at her
he made her follow with her eyes an
imaginary bird in the air. and at last
she thought she had caught it in her
hands. Then. by making her look
down, the doctor frightened her by
making her imagine there was SER
pent at her feet
The most remarkable display was
when DR.. Luys placed Il tube contain
ing ten grammes of essence of thyme
on Mile. Esther's neck. In few mo-
ments her face became purple, her
arms and hands stiff and the neck
swelled out in an extraordinary man.
ner. From thirty-one centimeters it
grew, by the contraction Of the mus
cles, to thirty-five. The suffering
seemed to be intense. and when the
tube was taken away the patient was
two minutes Mt least before returning
to state of lethargy. DR.. Luys has for
many years been studying hypnotism.
and no one can for moment imagine |
there is any thing like charlatanism in
his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cor London
Standard.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
SENSITIVE PLANTS.
Humility rs Typified by tho Meek, Gent
and Shrinking MimOsa.

Humility rs Typfhed by tho Meek, Gentle
and Shrinking MimOss.
The sensitive plants Mimosa pudica
and sensitira are among the most in
teresting products of the vegetable
kingdom. Nearly every one has seen
these graceful and humble children of
nature. and touched their tender.
shrinking leaves with an experiment.
ing hand; but very few have taken the
trouble to examine them rs they
deserve. The Observation-Disclosures
perhaps. by pity for their humility
seems to have seldom used his section
knife and forceps on them; and while
other wonders of the plant world have
been fully investigated. the Mimosa
remains almost unknown.
The Mimosa is native of Brazil;
but it has long been an occupant of
our greenhouses. In grace of form
and beauty of color. no other plant
surpasses it. Its tender leaflets shri nix
and droop at the slightest touch. like
a meek spirit from the worlds gaze.
Its graceful feather-shaped leaves. in
common with most similarly shaped
leaves Of the Lequminose or pea tribe.
to which botanical order the Mimosa
belongs. close at the approach of dark
ness; and its extreme sensitiveness is
but an extension of this peculiar plant
sleep Wind or rain causes its leaves
to close and its stalks to droop. When
suddenly shaken by the wind. the leaf
let's aud leafstalks fall simultaneously.
The same effect is seen when \ plant
is put into a darkcned room
during the day. A strong
light from a paraffin lamp was
placed near two plants of Mimosa
ssnsitiva at might After thirty min
utcs had elapsed. one of the plants.
the more vigorous of the two. opened
its leaves partially; the other or less
robust plant showed almost no feeling.
A plant which had been on an exhibi-
ton table at a fower-show for two
days, and which was noticed to re-
ceive constant attention from some
children present was found 10 have
lost much of its excitabiiity. and did
not again return to its normal state.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
TIN BY THE TON.

Growth Of the Canned Goods Trade and
the Demand for Cans.
.'Oyer 1000, OOO 600 cans are used
annually by the Gamers of this coun-
try" said dealer in canned goods.
"a box If tin plates, which weighs
from lOS to 1l2 pounds. will make ] e.
tween seven and eight cases of cans
A case contains dozen three-pounl
cans. the general size. or two dozen
one-pound CABS Taking the average.
a box of tin will make about one hum
bred cans Thus, you see. about TO-
O0O. 600 boxes of tin plates are neccs-
sary to make the cans to hold the
goods packed in this country. The
weight of the metal alone is some
thing like no, OOO. 900 pounds. and tho
cost about $45. 600, OOO."
..Are all the canned goods brought
to New York?''
New York City is the main sourco
Of supply to the rest of the United
States for canned goods as well as for
other articles 1t is also the principal
port from which canned goods are sent
to Europe, and there is large trade ds
now in this class of business betwcen
the Unitesi States and the Old Woel!.
The process of canning has enabled SD
many American products to be sent
in good order all over the world that
canned goods now form An important
factor in the export trade. The ba;.l
of the canned goods. therefore. comes
here. although other large cities ars
often supplied direct from the place u
canning"
els any of the tin produced her~:"
None that is used for canning. Tho
cost Of home manufactured tin plates
IS too great at present to come in COM
petition with the imported metal. Be-
sides. that which is made here is not
fitted for cans in which to pack food
products. IN y Mail and Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
BARNARD WORK.
improvements That WIN Provo Co.'s
Financial Investment

improvements That WIN Provo Co.'s
Financial Investment.
Tons of valuable manure are wasted
upon some farms by allowing the drop
pings of the barnyarl to be tr~!slen
into the soil during the wet weather Ok
spring. This is especially SD in the
yard of the dairyman. All summer tho
droppings accumulate. and if scrnPett
off late in the fall one will be surprised
at the amount of fertilizer obtainsuL
The work should te done while the
surface is damp. but when the ground
is not thoroughly soaked.
If the yard is large q rOad-scraper -
the best implement to use. and with
even small, One-horse scraper. the
work can be quickly performed. Ayarl.
that is kept rounding and clean will
not poach up like those where tho
droppings are never removed. A coat
ing of manure retains water. and es-
pecially when it is trodden down and
mixed up with loan or clay. Ii theirs
IS an incline to the barnyard. and there
should be. even if one side has to be
filled in with sand and gravel to make
it so. water will flow of readily after .
thorough scraping.
The cleanings. Of course. contain
moro or less of the surface soil. which
will be richer than it otherwise would
be through its absorbing the liquids Vt
the yard. If the land is clay, it will
he So,
when dry. with sand. or sand and loan,.
and then remove this late in the fall
with the droppings. If the soil is sandy
use clay. or clay and loan, ashes. etc.
There is no speculative theory in this.
for We have saved from our dairy milk
ing yard. carting in and scraping Ons
ton after ton of the very best fertilizer
we have ever used.
Another work that should be done IS
the building of stock sheds around tie
outer edges Of the barn-yard. They
need not be expensive. and should bo
placed upon ut least two sides. from
which the prevailing winds blow.
Every observing farmer knows how \
cold rain will chill his stock. and e.
pecially when the animals are aceus-
toned to stable protection at night.
They will back into the fence corners
and SILVER off more flesh in one day
than can be replaced in week.
A few crotches. boards and poles
will build the frame work. and the ROOD
may be matched with straw or coated
with corn-stalks for these will do much
towards rendering the place comfort-
able during storm; but we would adj
wise building good. substantial sheds.
where time and means can be Afforded.
Such sheds. either expensive or mex
pensive. will prove good financial in
vestment. for feed will be saved and
milch cows be more productive. ami
the stock in general will go through
the winteri n much better condition. 1t
il upon farms where winter protection
is not afforded animals, that we see Il Q
fences lined with hides and pelts in ths
characterization at Work,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29
Mr.. WATTERSON.

Ne Attacks Women's Colleges and De-
Aeeec.
The Louisville Couricr-Journal lately
drew an appalling picture of the re-
suits of 1.-THE higher education" upon
the feminine character. Being mildly
criticised as provincial by Boston
paper, and advised to visit Wellesley
and Vassar and the Harvard Annex,
Mr. Watterson unfauntedly retorts:
cit was just those great educational
resorts for diverting the pure, clear
stream of womanhood from its God
created channels which we had in
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29

MIR. Nevergo Bore (reachiny ont
for Observation-Disclosures going ON.
old man?" Mr.. Busy Man (dvdyin:-,
IL am"
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